Gate.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

T. E. WEST.

GATE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEP'IK 1a. 1007.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS ELLIOTT WEST, OF NICHOLASVILLE, KENTUCKY.

GATE.

Application filed September 13, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that I, THOMAS ELLIOTT l/VEST, a citizen of the United States, residing at N icholasville, in the county of Jessamine and State of. Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to swinging gates of that class which are adapted to be operated by means of levers that are conveniently accessible to persons on horse-back or riding in vehicles; and it has for its object to improve and simplify the construction of the mechanism used for opening and closing the gate.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention; it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved gate closed. Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing the gate partly open. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of the reversing lever. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view taken on the plane indicated by the line 4-4 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view of the reversing lever.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The gate panel G which may be of any suitable construction is hinged upon the post 1 which is located intermediate the posts or uprights 22 upon which the operating levers 33 are pivoted.

The gate post 1 is connected with one of the uprights 2 by means of a rail 4 which is also connected with the upper end of an intermediate upright 5. The inner or proximate ends of the operating levers are pivotally connected with the arms 66 of a bell crank B which latter is pivotally connected, at the angle thereof, with one end of a link 7 the other end of which is pivotally supported upon the adjacent post or upright 2.

14 designates a keeper or clip which is suitably secured upon the rail 4 adjacent to the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Serial No. 392,748.

head of the u right 5 and pivotally secured upon the sair clip or keeper is a reversing lever L which has a slot 8 wherein is guided a roller 9 that is journaled at the upper end of a connecting rod 10 the lower end of which is pivoted upon a collar 11 adjustably secured by means of aset screw 12 upon an arm 13 which is guided through the clip or keeper 14 and through an additional guide member such as a collar 15 secured upon the upright 5; said clip or keeper 14 and collar 15 being of suitable dimensions to permit the arm 13 to move freely therein without danger of binding.

The reversing lever L is provided with a downwardly extending arm 16 which is 0011- nected by a link 17 with a slide 18 mounted upon the rail 4; under the construction illustrated in the drawings, there is secured upon the rail 4 a bar 19 having a slot 20 in which the slide 18 may reciprocate; but it is obvious that within the scope of the invention a slot for the accommodation of the slide guide may be formed direct in the rail 4, or that the slide 18 may be mounted and sup ported for reciprocation in any suitable and convenient manner.

The slide 18 is pivotally connected with one end of a link 21, the other end of which is connected with a slidable spring actuated locking bar 22, suitably supported upon the gate panel, and which constitutes or operates the gate latch.

WVhen one of the operating levers is tilted, the arm 13 will be lifted, and will serve, through the intermediate link 10, to tilt the reversing lever, which latter, through the intermediate mechanism consisting of a link 17, slide 18, link 21, and locking bar 22, will serve to actuate the gate to open orto close the latter according to the position occupied by the reversing lever at the time when the operating lever is manipulated. After the reversing lever has been tilted upon its fulcrum, the arm 13 carrying the roller 9 and related parts will move, by gravity, in a downward direction, until the roller 9 is arrested at the lower end of the slot 8; it will be seen that by each operation of one of the operating levers, the position of the lever L is reversed so that, by the next succeeding operation, the position of the gate will be reversed.

It is preferred to form at each end of the slot 8 in the reversing lever a shallow notch 23 adapted to be engaged by the roller 9 when the link 10 carrying said roller is moved in an upward direction by the action of the arm 13 and the operating lever, thus insuring certainty and efliciency of operation. The bell crank B connecting the operating levers with the link 7 will prevent the parts from binding when either of the operating levers is manipulated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a gate of the character described a gate post, a gate panel supported thereon, suitably supported operating levers, a bell crank connecting said levers, a pivotally supported link connected pivotally with the angle of the bell crank, a suitably guided sliding arm connected pivotally with the link, a collar adjustable upon the sliding arm, a link pivoted upon the collar and having a roller, a reversing lever having a slot in which said roller operates, said reversing lever also having a depending arm, and suitably guided means connecting said arm with the gate panel.

2. In a gate of the character described a gate post, a gate panel hinged thereon, operating levers, posts supporting said levers, a rail connecting one of said posts with the gate posts, an intermediately disposed upright connected with the rail, a vertically sliding arm guided upon the upright, a bell crank connecting the operating levers, a link connected pivotally with a post supporting one of the operating levers and with the angle of the bell crank, said link being pivotally connected with the vertically sliding arm, a reversing lever, a roller guided upon the reversing lever and connected with the vertically sliding arm, a bracket depending from the reversing lever, a slide guided upon the rail, a link connecting said slide with the bracket depending from the reversing lever, and a rock shaft supported upon the gate panel and having a crank connected with the slide.

WVEST.

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